In-vehicle emergency call systems, which have been in use for a long time, are defined as systems within vehicles activated either automatically or manually that establish a connection with 112 emergency call centers in cases of an emergency. »

1 General Structure of TMT Regulation and Ownership1.1 Statutes, Laws and LegislationIn Turkey, the main legislation concerning the telecom sector is the Electronic Communications Law, dated 5 November 2008 and numbered 5809 (the “ECL”).»

Principle decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) outlining necessary precautions to be taken by data controllers while processing specially qualified personal data has been published on the Official Gazette on March 07, 2018. »

Turkey is now four months away from the deadline or fulfilling the compliance with the Data Protection Law, and in 2017 we were all busy with adopting the law as much as possible in the absence of well-established rules and practices, but in light of EU developments. »

Controversial Regulation on Processing of Health Data has been recently amended
Following the Law on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) dated April 7, 2016; the Ministry of Health (“MoH”) issued the Regulation on the Processing of Health Data and the Maintenance of Privacy (“Regulation”) on October 22, 2016 which was heavily criticized due to its various provisions contradicting with the Law and introducing burdensome obligations beyond the Law. »

This event has ended
Hande Hançar Çelik, partner and co-chair of our TMT practice, will speak on legal developments in global advertising and its reflection on Turkey at ANA/BAA Marketing Law Conference in Chicago, IL, USA from Nov 13-15, 2017. »

Update: Turkish Council of State has stopped execution of the Regulation on the Processing of Health Data and the Maintenance of Privacy
Following the long awaited Law on Protection of Personal Data (“Law”) dated April 7, 2016; the Ministry of Health (“MoH”) issued the Regulation on the Processing of Health Data and the Maintenance of Privacy (“Regulation”) on October 22, 2016. »

GLOBAL ADVERTISING LAWYERS ALLIANCE RELEASES BOOK ON CONDUCTING WORLDWIDE SWEEPSTAKES & CONTESTS
June 14, 2017, New York – The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (“GALA”) announced today that it has just released a new book, Sweepstakes & Contests: A Global Legal Perspective. »